If nearly 150 people at an informational meeting had their way, Otter Tail County's "Junkyard Ordinance" rough draft would be headed immediately to the scrap heap.
County officials had their backs against the walls -- literally -- at the July 9 New York Mills meeting. The county's good faith attempt...
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2013-03-04 21:10:42

If nearly 150 people at an informational meeting had their way, Otter Tail County's "Junkyard Ordinance" rough draft would be headed immediately to the scrap heap.

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County officials had their backs against the walls -- literally -- at the July 9 New York Mills meeting. The county's good faith attempt to write a law to clean up nuisance collections of junk has struck an angry nerve with landowners, farmers, used implement and parts dealers, and others.